Hey A,

I regret to inform you that my gloves are not metaphorical. They very much exist. I may not be that sophisticated with my metaphor usage, but at least I spell my words right.

I also loved the cocktail recipes, and everclear eno is definitely something that will be a part of my house parties from now on. Very healthy, indeed.

One of my flatmates is moving out due to a new job in a different city. Thus, we have to find a replacement. I was on the other end of this situation about two months ago when I moved in to replace a flatmate in this house.

My flat is really lovely. When I first saw the images I knew this was a great find. I moved very quickly. I texted S (my now flatmate) the moment I saw the place on a flat-share listing and asked for more pictures. Then I scheduled a visit the next day. Turns out, the place is better in person than in the pictures. I confirmed to S that I want the flat the next day.

Now that I am in S’s position, I realised that most people don’t make decisions this quickly. They don’t know what they want and then chicken out at when a decision of consequence has to be made^*.

I also did the unusual (for me) thing of watching two movies in cinema over two days. One was a Korean horror movie called Exhuma. It was a fun movie—a bit cookie cutter with the actual plot elements and supernatural tropes, but reframing it all through Korean shamanism and Feng Shui stuff kept it fresh and fun enough. I also liked how they wove the history of Korea into the plot even if that meant that I had to accept that Japanese ghosts are generically murderous, while Korean ghosts only kill people in revenge.

The next morning, I had masala dosé from the half a century old Sri Mahalakshmi Refreshments before I saw Miyazaki’s last movie, The Boy and The Heron. This was my first Ghibli film, and in terms of pure craft and imaginativeness of the studio I see the hype. I enjoyed the film, although it was quite dense, and the niceness of it only hit much after it ended. Might warrant a rewatch.

Anyhow, I’m also done with watching other people’s films for a while. I look forward to making some of my own (a short one about trash) soon. And perhaps when I get to NYC I’ll be able to see some good ol’ musicals. A colleague who’s been to New York recommended Hadestown to me.

Later,
AR

^* I will unsubtly point out that there is a racing double entendre via a comedic homophone in that sentence.